Shrimp Dijon dish should impress new husband
Dear Heloise: You have a recipe for a Shrimp Dijon dish that I absolutely love. Since I’m trying to impress my new husband with some of my cooking skills, I was hoping you’d reprint that recipe. I lost my copy when my husband and I moved after the wedding.—Mimi F., Lakeland, Fla.
Mimi, I’m happy to oblige. Here it is:
SHRIMP DIJON
1/4 cup butter or margarine 1 1/2 pounds peeled, deveined shrimp
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cups milk 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper 1 6-ounce package cream cheese, softened
Melt butter or margarine in a frying pan. Add shrimp and onions and saute for 3 minutes; DO NOT BROWN. Sprinkle flour into the mixture while thinning the mixture with the milk a little at a time to avoid lumping. Add mustard, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and cook for 3-5 minutes. Stir in cream cheese until blended; warm through but do not boil. Serve over rice.
If you like this recipe, I have several more in my Main Dishes and More pamphlet. Just go to my website, www. Heloise.com, to order it, or send a stamped (70 cents), self-addressed, business-size envelope, along with $3, to: Heloise/Main Dishes and More, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001.
There’s nothing that tastes as good as warm, home cooking at any time of the year. What a great way to enjoy time with your closest friends and your family.— Heloise
SALT OF THE EARTH Dear Readers: Besides flavoring food, salt has a variety of uses. Here are some you might want to try:
Sprinkle salt on areas where grass or weeds grow unwanted, such as between steppingstones. Then pour hot water over the salt. It’s an eco-friendly and inexpensive solution.
Worried that there might be fleas in your carpet? Sprinkle salt on your carpets and leave it overnight. In the morning, vacuum up thoroughly. Wash dog bedding in salt water.
Stung by a bee? Wet the area and pour salt over it.
Ants becoming a problem? Sprinkle salt in doorways, on windowsills and any other place where they might be coming in. If you have an ant mound, ring the opening with salt.
—Heloise
GINGER ROOT WITH A TWIST
Dear Heloise: This isn’t a recipe, but it’s still a good way to keep ginger root for a long time. Peel and cut ginger root into small cubes. Place in a jar and cover with dry sherry. Store in the fridge. It does not affect the taste of the ginger and lasts for weeks.—Tina G., Purcellville, Va.
Tina, thanks! That’s a new idea I hadn’t heard before.— Heloise
DID YOU KNOW?
Dear Readers:
You should never give a dog macadamia nuts. For a dog, the nuts are toxic.
If you put a grape in the microwave and heat it, the grape will explode.
Rice, wheat and maize comprise the world’s three main food crops, with rice supplying nearly half the world’s population with a staple food in their daily diet.
—Heloise